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28.2.06

[Mcthree] more on bike war

This just in from Ratchet :

E A S T V A N B I K E W A R S

Howdy, So The bike War is going to be next Saturday, March 4th. The idea is to build up a sturdy bike that you don't have any emotional attachment to and in a ring you run into your opponents as hard as you can trying to destroy there bike. The last person with a bike that is still ridable wins. Minor adjustments (ie. fixing your chain, adjusting your brakes, ect) on your bike during the race are ok but you can not lets say, swap out your wheel mid race. Also, The idea is Fun NOT violence, any obvious foul play willl cause you to be removed from the race. But accients do happen so a trained street medic and a Wilderness First Responder will be there to help anyone in need.

Also aside from the war I'm trying to have some tallbike jousting so if anyone out there has a tallbike and would like to joust please let me know.

Thanks, and I hpe to see yu on the 4th.

Ratchetradicalsaresexy@@#@@gmail...com

...more onBIKE WARSat, /march 4th at 1 pm. The meeting place is in the alleybehind the Alf house. The alf house is located at 1342 on EEE GeorgiaSt, right by Clark St. from the alley it's very obvious which houseis the alf house. (just look for the strung up bicycles on thefence) At about 1:30-2pm we'll leave to the nearby Britannia Field,Its' a very large gravel field (easy to ride on).

21.2.06

global warming critical mass

bicycle and skateglobal climate change street partycelebrate the beginning of winterand the end of springthis friday february 24thmeet 5pm, leave 6pmNE side of Vancouver Art Gallerywith the Lions, on Georgia ST.Rain, shine, snow or wind

dress in outdoor gear from your favourite season

free.it's fun too, bring soundboxes and musical instruments if you can all are invited. This is an inclusive event. If you are a regular please try and bring a newbie. We are out there fighting for what is right but the individual drivers are not our enemies, they are our trapped allies that we need to help to escape. Not a fight, festivity!

critical Mass is dynamic. Those what show up are the leadership. The route is determined on the ride. Yet, it is organised, we roll together and watch out for each other. We make the streets safer for a breif few minutes by displacing the autos and riding together.

they still want to build a new motorway[free-dum-way, low/high-way]because more cars equals moremoney for them, and because we are yetNOT LOUD ENOUGH

Still We Ride!Neverending war abroad providesneverending excuses to act up in the streets..."No, YOU calm down."

Fwd: midnight ride this thursday

Hey kids, just the tuesday reminder - midnight bike ride this thursday. Y'all know the drill - meet up at grandview park at 11:45, ride at midnight. Cameras, lights, boozy drinks (hot or cold), cycle lovin' friends, are all encouraged, as are suggestions as to where we ride andwhere we finish. See you thursday!-simon

7.2.06

Recall David Emerson

A letter written to The Province

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Dear Sirs,

I find the editorial supporting David Emerson's defection to the Conservative Party offensive. This is not something that "makes sense for BC" or is just a case of crying in your beer. David Emerson has flagrantly disregarded the system of democracy in this country and should not be in Parliament! He should be recalled, even if there is no existing process in place to do that; what he did was without precedence. There were only 8,600 out of 46,000 votes for the Conservative Party in the Vancouver Kingsway riding. The Conservatives came in 3rd place. A whopping 82% of voters voted against the Conservatives. This is not insignificant. There is a fundamental difference between quitting the party as the political scene morphs, months or years after an election, and doing it immediately following an election. To do so right after an election is deceit. He obviously had hidden sympathies for his opponents during the election but chose to hide that from his constituents. This should be illegal.

Emerson's policy of supporting the BC highway Gateway project by changing parties is reckless. This project does not have support in Vancouver. It is irresponsible to pave more and increase car dependency and traffic congestion in our era of Global Climate Change. It shows the desperation of this policy that it is reliant on such anti-democratic maneuvers.

Please campaign to remove this power-hungry liar from office. If he remains, there is no point in voting as accountability is a joke.